I'm a wargamer, and one of the forum's (fora?) I regularly read, the following was suggested:
Can´t remember where I did read it...
But an interesting variant how to get the red bear down:
1. Germany didn´t attack Poland.
2. Poland did allow Germany to deploy its armies at the polish-russian border
3. about May 1940 Germany together with Pöland attacks Russia!
Advantage:
About 300 km closer to vital targets (Moscow, Leningrad etc)
The capture of soviet occupied eastern Poland 1941 did cost the german army about 400.000 casulties.
The polish army was a formidable ally and I think they didn´t like the russians.
Would GB and France support Russia or let the communists die?
Now, there were lots of follow up posts on this, but thought I'd post it on here just to start a discussion.
Yes I know of Hitler's antipathy towards the Poles, but he did sign a non-aggression pact with Stalin, leader of the very country he was intent on destroying.
Far fetched suggestion...? Over to you.
Finally, apologies if this is in the wrong bit.